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Land Degradation and Desertification: Assessment, Mitigation and Remediation

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 What We Know About the Saga of Land Degradation and How to Deal with It?
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    Chapter 2 Moving Ahead from Assessments to Actions: Could We Win the Struggle with Soil Degradation in Europe?
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    Chapter 3 Moving Ahead from Assessments to Actions by Using Harmonized Risk Assessment Methodologies for Soil Degradation
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    Chapter 4 “Zero-Tolerance” on Land Degradation for Sustainable Intensification of Agricultural Production
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    Chapter 5 A Methodology for Land Degradation Assessment at Multiple Scales Based on the DPSIR Approach: Experiences from Applications to Drylands
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    Chapter 6 Global Warming, Carbon Balance, and Land and Water Management
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    Chapter 7 The Use of GIS Data in the Desertification Risk Cartography: Case Study of South Aurès Region in Algeria
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    Chapter 8 Land Degradation and Overgrazing in the Afar Region, Ethiopia: A Spatial Analysis
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    Chapter 9 Effects and Implications of Enclosures for Rehabilitating Degraded Semi-arid Rangelands: Critical Lessons from Lake Baringo Basin, Kenya
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    Chapter 10 Assessment of Land Desertification Based on the MEDALUS Approach and Elaboration of an Action Plan: The Case Study of the Souss River Basin, Morocco
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    Chapter 11 Assessment of the Existing Land Conservation Techniques in the Peri Urban Area of Kaduna Metropolis, Nigeria
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    Chapter 12 The Use of Tasselled Cap Analysis and Household Interviews Towards Assessment and Monitoring of Land Degradation: A Case Study Within the Wit-Kei Catchment in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
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    Chapter 13 Environmental Degradation of Natural Resources in Butana Area of Sudan
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    Chapter 14 Land Suitability for Crop Options Evaluation in Areas Affected by Desertification: The Case Study of Feriana in Tunisia
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    Chapter 15 Strategic Nutrient Management of Field Pea in South-Western Uganda
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    Chapter 16 Effectiveness of Soil Conservation Measures in Reducing Soil Erosion and Improving Soil Quality in China Assessed by Using Fallout Radionuclides
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    Chapter 17 Policy Impacts on Land Degradation: Evidence Revealed by Remote Sensing in Western Ordos, China
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    Chapter 18 Assessment of Land Degradation and Its Impacts on Land Resources of Sivagangai Block, Tamil Nadu, India
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    Chapter 19 New Approaches in Reclamation of Degraded Soils with Special Reference to Sodic Soil: An Indian Experience
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    Chapter 20 Soil and Water Degradation Following Forest Conversion in the Humid Tropics (Indonesia)
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    Chapter 21 Relationships Between Land Degradation and Natural Disasters and Their Impacts on Integrated Watershed Management in Iran
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    Chapter 22 Modelling Carbon Sequestration in Drylands of Kazakhstan Using Remote Sensing Data and Field Measurements
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    Chapter 23 The Effectiveness of Two Polymer-Based Stabilisers Offering an Alternative to Conventional Sand Stabilisation Methods
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    Chapter 24 Mountainous Tea Industry Promotion: An Alternative for Stable Land Use in the Lao PDR
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    Chapter 25 Rehabilitation of Deserted Quarires in Lebanon to Initial Land Cover or Alternative Land Uses
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    Chapter 26 The Impact of Land Use Change on Water Yield: The Case Study of Three Selected Urbanised and Newly Urbanised Catchments in Peninsular Malaysia
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    Chapter 27 Reclamation of Land Disturbed by Shrimp Farming in Songkla Lake Basin, Southern Thailand
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    Chapter 28 The Effect of Bio-solid and Tea Waste Applications on Erosion Ratio Index of Eroded Soils
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    Chapter 29 Modern and Ancient Knowledge of Conserving Soils in Socotra Island, Yemen
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    Chapter 30 Content of Heavy Metals in Albanian Soils and Determination of Spatial Structures Using GIS
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    Chapter 31 Radioisotopic Measurements (137Cs and 210Pb) to Assess Erosion and Sedimentation Processes: Case Study in Austria
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    Chapter 32 Development and Opportunities for Evaluation of Anthropogenic Soil Load by Risky Substances in the Czech Republic
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    Chapter 33 Land Degradation in Greece
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    Chapter 34 Factors Influencing Soil Organic Carbon Stock Variations in Italy During the Last Three Decades
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    Chapter 35 Monitoring Soil Salinisation as a Strategy for Preventing Land Degradation: A Case Study in Sicily, Italy
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    Chapter 36 Severe Environmental Constraints for Mediterranean Agriculture and New Options for Water and Soil Resources Management
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    Chapter 37 Assessment of Desertification in Semi-Arid Mediterranean Environments: The Case Study of Apulia Region (Southern Italy)
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    Chapter 38 Spatial Variability of Light Morainic Soils
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    Chapter 39 Studding the Impacts of Technological Measures on the Biological Activity of Pluvial Eroded Soils
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    Chapter 40 Achievements and Perspectives on the Improvement by Afforestation of Degraded Lands in Romania
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    Chapter 41 Investigating Soils for Agri-Environmental Protection in an Arid Region of Spain
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    Chapter 42 Risk Assessment in Soils Developed on Metamorphic and Igneous Rocks Using Heavy Metal Sequential Extraction Procedure
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    Chapter 43 Assessing the Impact of Fodder Maize Cultivation on Soil Erosion in the UK
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    Chapter 44 Evolution and Human Land Management During the Holocene in Southern Altiplano Desert, Argentina (26°S)
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    Chapter 45 Metal Pollution by Gold Mining Activities in the Sunchulli Mining District of Apolobamba (Bolivia)
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    Chapter 46 Areas Degradated by Extraction of Clay and Revegetated with Acacia mangium and Eucalyptus camaldulensis : Using Soil Fauna as Indicator of Rehabilitation in an Area of Brazil
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    Chapter 47 Conservation Tillage in Potato Rotations in Eastern Canada
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    Chapter 48 An Assessment of Soil Erosion Costs in Mexico
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    Chapter 49 Predicting Winter Wheat Yield Loss from Soil Compaction in the Central Great Plains of the United States
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Title
Land Degradation and Desertification: Assessment, Mitigation and Remediation
Published by
Springer Netherlands, January 2010
DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-8657-0
ISBNs
978-9-04-818656-3, 978-9-04-818657-0
Authors

Zdruli, Pandi, Pagliai, Marcello, Kapur, Selim, Faz Cano, Angel

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Pandi Zdruli, Marcello Pagliai, Selim Kapur, Angel Faz Cano

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Country Count As %
Italy 3 1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Kenya 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
Argentina 1 <1%
Lebanon 1 <1%
Poland 1 <1%
Unknown 201 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 46 22%
Researcher 32 15%
Student > Master 29 14%
Student > Bachelor 19 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 13 6%
Other 36 17%
Unknown 35 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 59 28%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 39 19%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 27 13%
Engineering 10 5%
Social Sciences 8 4%
Other 22 10%
Unknown 45 21%